Quiet Days Before the Storm

There is still time for me to send a dispatch through the web before the bombs start falling. I went downstairs during my first break, at 4, and bought the biggest bottle of Smirnoff I could find. I'll definitly need it in the coming days.



My itinerary is that of somebody who has lost his mind. Or somebody being very fuckin' busy. Tonight, at 9, I'm getting out of the office, only to come back on Tuesday, at 9 AM sharp. I am going home to eat, shower, and at 10 my guests will start pouring in, around the same time I'd say I'll pour myself my first drink. Around 11 we're heading out for SAT, where Thomas Von Party & Boys Noize will kick the shit out of all the dancers in the room. Bring the pain !

Tomorrow, if I can get up early enough, there's always work to be done on personal stuff. At 5 we have a movie to catch at FFM, something called "La Cathédrale", which seems to be a Swiss / Ile Maurice co-prod. Talk about weird. When the night comes, it's vodka time again, and we're going to our second home : the SAT. Chromeo will perform there. We'll also check out the MEG's French Connection showcase at Métropolis, where on top of Ellen Allien & Apparat playing, Busy P, Sebastian, Uffie & friends will perform. Ouch.



On Sunday, daytime will be sleep time, and we might eat breakfast somewhere, if we're not too blinded by the light to go out. When the night comes - and it comes a lot these days, believe me - it's party time yet again. Our friend Joël B is celebrating his 25th anniversary and invited me to DJ at Pas-Sages. My friend Mr. Finances, a.k.a. Expat, a.k.a. Yugo, will share the decks with me. Night pollution, drinks galore, socio-rama and time flying high : we're on !

Monday's time to head to Piknic, where the Turbo team yet again destroys everyday life with a dose of extraordinary. Von Party, Jordan Dare and fuckin' Steve Bug will perform ! In case it rains, the event takes place at SAT, and in both cases, we'll have a fuckin' blast !

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My friend Mr. Bérêt, a guy you have come to know through my posts but that you actually have never met, except for a select few, is suffering like hell right now. He's quite the "athlete" type; hardbody, rides his bike even during winter, and an ex raver who energetically dances his way through life.

While his current girlfriend is in Japan, he took it easy, having a few mexicans stay at his place to help pay the rent, and going out a lot more than he used to when his couple wasn't geographically parted. One night he went out and drank a lot. Let's just say that it was at Academy last week. His friend from BC had come to visit him and he was happy. Vodka-happy. On the way back home, while riding his bike on his own street, a few meters from his place, he closed his eyes.

Full speed.

Because he felt good.



He slammed into a car and twisted his knee. Now he has to walk with canes and will not be able to work for six weeks. Dancing is verboten, and he'll probably have to do some physio to recover.

Let's share a thought for him and hope he recovers fast !

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It's been a fun summer. But on Wednesday, I am attending my first course of the semester, and things will probably be way more hectic from then on.

My four courses and 25 hours of office work a week will be added to my evergrowing hobbies. I am also starting a new night on Mondays at Academy and I am planning on putting a lot of energy there. I wanna have some nice guests, dammit ! So on top of my blogs, the magazines to which I contribute and ordinary life, I don't know if there will be time for me to breathe.

This blog might suffer, but who knows ? I might be able to keep the flow alive after all.

I am superhuman, signing off.